nixpkgs/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-base.nix

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# This module contains the basic configuration for building a NixOS
# installation CD.
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
with pkgs.lib;
let
options = {
system.nixosVersion = mkOption {
default = "${builtins.readFile ../../../VERSION}";
description = ''
NixOS version number.
'';
};
installer.configModule = mkOption {
example = "./nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd.nix";
description = ''
Filename of the configuration module that builds the CD
configuration. Must be specified to support reconfiguration
in live CDs.
'';
};
};
# We need a copy of the Nix expressions for Nixpkgs and NixOS on the
# CD. We put them in a tarball because accessing that many small
# files from a slow device like a CD-ROM takes too long. !!! Once
# we use squashfs, maybe we won't need this anymore.
makeTarball = tarName: input: pkgs.runCommand "tarball" {inherit tarName;}
''
ensureDir $out
(cd ${input} && tar cvfj $out/${tarName} . \
--exclude '*~' --exclude 'result')
'';
# Put the current directory in a tarball.
nixosTarball = makeTarball "nixos.tar.bz2" (cleanSource ../../..);
# Put Nixpkgs in a tarball.
nixpkgsTarball = makeTarball "nixpkgs.tar.bz2" (cleanSource pkgs.path);
includeSources = true;
# A dummy /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in the booted CD that
# rebuilds the CD's configuration (and allows the configuration to
# be modified, of course, providing a true live CD). Problem is
# that we don't really know how the CD was built - the Nix
# expression language doesn't allow us to query the expression being
# evaluated. So we'll just hope for the best.
dummyConfiguration = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix"
''
{config, pkgs, ...}:
{
require = [${config.installer.configModule}];
# Add your own options below and run "nixos-rebuild switch".
# E.g.,
# services.openssh.enable = true;
}
'';
in
{
require =
[ options
./memtest.nix
./iso-image.nix
../../profiles/base.nix
# Enable devices which are usually scanned, because we don't know the
# target system.
../scan/detected.nix
../scan/not-detected.nix
];
# ISO naming.
isoImage.isoName = "nixos-${config.system.nixosVersion}-${pkgs.stdenv.system}.iso";
isoImage.volumeID = "NIXOS_INSTALL_CD_${config.system.nixosVersion}";
# Show the manual.
services.nixosManual.showManual = true;
# Let the user play Rogue on TTY 8 during the installation.
services.rogue.enable = true;
# Disable some other stuff we don't need.
security.sudo.enable = false;
# Include only the en_US locale. This saves 75 MiB or so compared to
# the full glibcLocales package.
i18n.supportedLocales = ["en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8" "en_US/ISO-8859-1"];
# nixos-install will do a pull from this channel to speed up the
# installation.
installer.nixpkgsURL = http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable;
boot.postBootCommands =
''
export PATH=${pkgs.gnutar}/bin:${pkgs.bzip2}/bin:$PATH
# Provide a mount point for nixos-install.
mkdir -p /mnt
# Provide the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources in /etc/nixos. This is required
# for nixos-install.
${optionalString includeSources ''
echo "unpacking the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources..."
mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixos
tar xjf ${nixosTarball}/nixos.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixos
mkdir -p /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
tar xjf ${nixpkgsTarball}/nixpkgs.tar.bz2 -C /etc/nixos/nixpkgs
chown -R root.root /etc/nixos
''}
# Provide a configuration for the CD/DVD itself, to allow users
# to run nixos-rebuild to change the configuration of the
# running system on the CD/DVD.
cp ${dummyConfiguration} /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
'';
# Some more help text.
services.mingetty.helpLine =
''
Log in as "root" with an empty password. ${
if config.services.xserver.enable then
"Type `start xserver' to start\nthe graphical user interface."
else ""
}
'';
# To speed up installation a little bit, include the complete stdenv
# in the Nix store on the CD.
isoImage.storeContents = [ pkgs.stdenv pkgs.klibc pkgs.klibcShrunk ];
# Allow sshd to be started manually through "start sshd". It should
# not be started by default on the installation CD because the
# default root password is empty.
services.openssh.enable = true;
jobs.sshd.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverrideTemplate 50 {} "";
# Enable wpa_supplicant, but don't start it by default.
networking.enableWLAN = true;
jobs.wpa_supplicant.startOn = pkgs.lib.mkOverrideTemplate 50 {} "";
}